Touch-screen technology for children: Giving the right instructions and getting the right responses

Proceedings of IDC2010: The 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 238-241

  McKnight, Lorna ^a   Fitton, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCI; Children; Gestures; Instructions; Language; Touch screens; Usability

Indexed keywords

KEY PROBLEMS; TOUCH SCREEN;

LINGUISTICS; TERMINOLOGY;

DESIGN;

EID: 77954897295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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